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On entend aujourd’hui davantage parler de « sectes » que d’« hérésies ». Si ces dernières semblent reléguées aux temps lointains, les « sectes », quant à elles, seraient contemporaines. Or une telle grille de lecture est erronée. Cette étude, privilégiant le cas français mais s’appuyant aussi sur d’autres espaces et d’autres traditions religieuses que le catholicisme, entend proposer un parcours depuis les premiers siècles de notre ère jusqu’à nos jours. On constatera ainsi l’ambiguïté des notions de « secte » et d’« hérésie », ainsi que l’évolution de l’emploi de ces termes. Il s’agit aussi, en miroir, de revenir de manière inédite sur ce qu’est l’orthodoxie en religion. Elle se constitue le plus souvent par la nécessité de se définir face à des contestations qui apparaissent au gré des circonstances sociales, politiques, culturelles ou économiques – mais détient-elle la vérité ?

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Schism (from the Greek 'to split') refers to a group that breaks away from another, usually larger organisation and forms a new organisation. Though the term is typically confined to religious schisms, it can be extended to other kinds of breakaway groups. Because schisms emerge out of controversies, the term has negative connotations. Though they are an important component of many analyses, schisms in general have not been subjected to systematic analysis. This volume provides the first book-length study of religious schisms as a general phenomenon. Some chapters examine specific case studies while others provide surveys of the history of schisms within larger religious traditions, such as Islam and Buddhism. Other chapters are more theoretically focused. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of different traditions and geographical areas, from early Mediterranean Christianity to modern Japanese New Religions, and from the Jehovah's Witnesses to Neo-Pagans.

Religion --- Schism. --- Schisme --- History. --- Histoire --- Religious history --- Apostasy --- Heresy --- Sects --- Arts and Humanities --- religious schisms --- religious groups --- religious controversy --- religous traditions --- Islam --- Buddhism --- Mediterranean Christianity --- Japanese new religions --- Jehovah's Witnesses --- Neopaganism --- Japan --- Japanese new religious movements